Biological Molecules Test

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Testing For Carbohydrates: Starch To test for starch, add iodine solution to a sample. If starch is present, there will be a colour change of yellow-brown to blue-black.
Testing For Carbohydrates: Reducing Sugars (all monosaccharides and some disaccharides) Heat the reducing sugar with Benedict's solution, there us a colour change from blue to green to yellow to orange-red depending on the concentration of the reducing sugar.
Testing For Carbohydrates: Non-Reducing Sugars Test a sample for reducing sugars to check there are none in the first place. Take a seperate sample and boil it with hydrochloric acid to hydrolyse the sucrose. Cool the solution and use sodium hydrogencarbonate solution to neutralise it, test for reducing sugars again. A positive result of green-yellow-orange- red signifies that non-reducing sugar was present
Testing for Lipids By using the emulsion test; thoroughly mix the sample with ethanol, filter it, pour the solution into water in a clean test tube. A cloudy white emulsion indicates the presence of lipids (due to tiny lipid droplets coming out of solution when mixed up with water).
Testing For Proteins Use the biuret test.. First add biuret A (Sodium Hydrocide) and then biuret B (Calcium Sulfate). If protein is present there will be a colour change from light blue to lilac (tests for peptide bonds).
Quantitative Test For Reducing Sugars If there is more sugar the amount of precipitate increases as the amount of copper ions in solution decreases. The concentration of sugar is assessed by a colorimetry. With more reacted copper sulfate the supernatant is less blue, absorption of red light is low, percentage transmission is high. Use a blank sample in between to reset absorption.
Biosensors They take a biological or chemical variable which cannot easily be measured, and convert it to electrical signals. Can be used to detect conntaminants in water, and pathogens/toxins in foods, as well as detecting airborne bacteria.
Chromatography The aim is to separate a mixture into its constituents- biological molecules. Two phrases involved: stationary (chromatography paper made of celluose), mobile (the solvent, usually ethanol or water, as this solvent flows through and across the stationary phase the biological molecules flow through it)

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